Get Inspired

As you know from reading this blog my family is creative, fun and totally supportive.

When I was home recently I talked to them a little bit about both how great it is to have this business and to write this blog . But I also confessed that sometimes project ideas were few and blog post inspirations were occasionally hard to come by.

My sisters, Paula (charming, vibrant and extremely youthful*) and Phebe (smart, clever, creative and equally young and vibrant) came up with a great idea. They would scour the net looking for fun and interesting ideas and put them on a shared Pinterest board. Then, once a week, I could do a post called…..

…..well, we weren’t sure what to call it.

I tossed out “Sister Sunday!” but we decided that might make people think it was a nun convention.

I also contemplated “Stuff My Sisters Found Online When They Probably Should Have Been Working” but, strangely enough, that too got voted down.

Finally I settled on Get Inspired!

They’ve actually provided me with a lot of choices but I just want to show three of them this week.

This tin ceiling tile end table from One Shabby Old House looks terrific and gives me some great ideas for two little end table I have:And check out this amazing Ikea makeover from Better After. I have a dresser quite similar to this in my bedroom and it may get this treatment soon.And finally, in the “that’s insanely clever” category this magazine holder used as a shelf from Design Sponge!

OK, I’m ready to attack the week with new ideas and inspirations. Thank you Phebe and Paula!

*As are my other sister, Sally, my parents and numerous cousins.

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I’ve been surrounded by amazingly creative people my whole life.
My mom can, and does, make anything. The family has on occasion speculated that she just whipped up my dad one day when she discovered some left over fabric and stuffing. My three sisters have mad skills ranging from needlework to cooking to out and out ART. My father’s desk when I was growing up had a model train set going around it, oh, and he made that desk-from scratch.
I’m the youngest and, as you can imagine, it’s a hard series of acts to follow. Truth be told, I’ve spent many, many years suppressing the creative instincts I learned at home.
But I realized (rather late in life) that few things bring me more joy than making and creating. For the longest time when I went to stores I didn’t think, “I want that” I thought, “I can make that.” And, with a deep breath and a leap, I’ve started on a very new, kinda scary path. I’ve given up my steady, dependable (dull!) corporate life to spend my days happily humming away in my garage designing, creating, painting, decoupaging and sawing and, since this blog will be an honest take on things, there is also a fair amount of tripping, spilling and swearing.
Through this blog I hope to share with you the struggles and (hopefully) triumphs of a very non-businessy business person. I also hope to make this blog a resource for people who like to work with their hands and who are, like me, always looking at things and thinking “I could make that!”
I’ve lived many places since I left Cheltenham Road; I currently live in Los Angeles California.
So, with this preamble- Welcome to Cheltenham Road! Please come on over and make yourself comfortable – the place is always open.

I love how you describe your family. Your ideas and projects are very inspiring, but your family values and the obvious love between all of you are equally inspiring. Your blog is very special in so many ways!

I love that design sponge idea! I never would have thought of that. And that tin ceiling stuff – doesn’t that have an actual name that sounds like it should be a disease of the lung? I mean, God forbid, but…..
And please always remember and never forget, David, as fabulous as P & P are, you’re twice the man they are. No offense to the ladies.

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